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Glossary term

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Uniform Resource Locator

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See URL.

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URL

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Uniform Resource Locator (URL) stands for Uniform Resource Locator. It is used to specify an address on the World Wide Web. URLs have the following format: protocol://hostname/other_information URLs most commonly refer to web pages (http), but they are also used for file transfer (ftp), email (mailto), database access, and other applications.